Alright

I just locked into YouTube for the first time, and this in order to locate the Janet Jackson video, "Alright". I remember loving it when I was a young teenager; it made me feel so fantastic and warm and fuzzy all at the same time. Watching it again is a bit of a wake-up call: I really didn't realize how early nineties it was - I mean shit, if it hit the radio today, Gawd would it ever be dull. The video, however, is sitll the coolest one I think she made, and I still love it when Cab Calloway gets out of the limo and when he hands her the watch at the end. Super smart, super cool choreography, but god am I glad we're out of the nineties.

News

People can actually write. Journalists, I mean. And sometimes, just sometimes, a writer is able to succinctly put into words ideas that are structurally foundationnal to getting current events. I just discovered John Caspar's articles on the financial section of Sympatico's webpage. Hats off to this guy: clear, short, sweet, direct and conveying one well supported, well articulated point of opinion per article.

Take for example this quote: "The news is in the business of reporting what’s new. That means that it reports the daily movement of the stock market, out of context to the average investor."

I'm writing this on my blog for the simple fact that some ideas deserve to be read and re-read, in as many locations as possible. I doubt that I'll invent anything dramatically unique on here, but if I can at least regurgitate the kinds of info, i'm a happy camper.


Cheers to articles whose key quality is to be informative.